Just for fun :-)

A collection of photography from academic and personal projects

This mural led UICA guests down the ramp and into the showcase of Warm Water: New Works by Charles Edward Williams which was a visual narration on the history that sparked the Chicago Race Riot of 1919.

100 Lines represented the 100 years since 1919.

This project was split between Chris Fox, Elyse Flynn, Becca Rapin, Jasmyne Schierbaum, Alex Barger, Tylan Davis, Dave Ruggeri, and myself.

This project was a performance-based piece during ArtPrize 10. For two weeks, we operated as a company called the Grand Rapids Fine Art Delivery Company, printing on-site during open ArtPrize hours and delivering off-site on the side.

Our initiative was to facilitate an exchange across communities, whether they were personal or wide-spread. We printed responses to the prompt “Community is…” and delivered them to those who left us their information.

This project was split between Not Design members: Chris Fox, Elyse Flynn, Becca Rapin, Jasmyne Schierbaum, Alex Barger, Tylan Davis, Dave Ruggeri, Amy Strouse, Camellia Jobst, Katharine Watson, and myself.

In October of 2020, we set up a print station in the parking lot of Brewery Vivant (Grand Rapids, MI) to spin performative typography through live responsive letterpress alongside Poet Laureate Kyd Kane, a spoken word artist

This event featured cellist Jordan Hamilton, musician Singa Callab, & DJ set by SuperDre. The structure that displayed Kyd's 3-part poem was built by Paul Amenta of SiTE:LAB & Ted Lott of Lott3 Metz Architecture

My love for drawing people's faces runs deep. Somewhere in here is a peek at the avatars I made for each Good Beer Hunting contributor, to achieve cohesiveness throughout the website while publishing their work (over 200 of them!)

Small Talk was an interactive thesis piece that focused on digging deeper than typical, surface-level conversation. From the ceiling hung over 100 cards with prompts that asked blatant and meaningful questions. The cards hung as the centerpiece in the middle of a U-shaped couch, offering easy access for in-depth, face-to-face communication.

At the end of the couch sat a screen looping a video of satirically asked surface-level questions.

To keep the project alive, I’m creating a simple website that generates questions for those stuck in conversation or merely excited to know more about the person in front of them. Link coming soon